OTHER STUFF THAT WAS GOING ON,  SOON AFTER I STARTED LEGAL ACTION

 

OTHER GOINGS-ON  – 2

 

  22. On Thursday, February 17th 1983, I had two job interviews at Pratt & Whitney Aircraft of Canada - one with Lyla Daudelin of Personnel, the other with Mr. C. Scholtz who was a long-standing friend and old colleague of E. Schulz (see above) because E. Schulz himself used to work at Pratt & Whitney with Mr. Scholtz (who told me about this himself).

June 3 1983 Report para. 31   HERE

 

  23. On Friday, February 18th, I telephoned E. Schulz at SNC informing him of my meeting the previous day at Pratt & Whitney with his old colleague there.  June 3 1983 Report para. 32   HERE

 

In late November 1982, I had asked E. Schulz if he was prepared to give me a reference to show to future employers (such as the N.R.C.) and he gave me one a few days later.  Exhibit (14).

 

Reference from Mr. E. Schulz -   CLICK HERE

 

I asked him, if he was prepared to back up this reference if Mr. Scholtz at Pratt & Whitney called him.  Mr. Schulz replied that, if Mr. Scholtz asked him whether I was causing SNC any problems, then he intended to say that I was suing SNC.  Furthermore, Mr. Schulz said, I had “better not do it or it could be a black mark against you”.

 

  24. There was thus a suggestion that SNC might use my (perfectly legitimate) compensation claim as a reason for making it difficult for me to get another job, by giving me bad references.  After speaking to my lawyer I wrote a letter to Mr. Schulz and sent copies to top executives in SNC including the Chairman, Mr. C.A. Dagenais.  Exhibit (15).

Among other things, I told Mr. Schulz that if he made difficulties for me at Pratt & Whitney then I would find out about it, and that this could result in me suing SNC for a considerable extra sum of money.

June 3 1983 Report para. 33   HERE

 

THE DOCUMENT JUST REFERRED TO WAS A HAND-WRITTEN LETTER WHICH WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE  ON THIS SITE LATER ON.

 

25. On Monday, February 21st, I telephoned Lyla Daudelin at Pratt & Whitney warning her of the problem with Mr. Schulz at  SNC and followed this up with a letter plus copies of the reference from Mr. Schulz, and references from other employers, which was delivered by courier the same day.  Exhibits (16), (14), (17), (18), (19), (20).

June 3 1983 Report para. 34   HERE

 

THE DOCUMENTS JUST REFERRED TO WERE HAND-WRITTEN LETTERS WHICH WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE  ON THIS SITE LATER ON.

 

26. 10 days later, I learned that I did not get the job at Pratt & Whitney.  The reason, I was told, was because another man who used to work in the same department for which I was interviewed, and then left, applied for his old job back so he was the obvious choice. (In this situation, I do not believe that anything that Mr. Schulz might have said could have affected the outcome as far as I am concerned).  June 3 1983 Report para. 35   HERE

 

 

I DON’T THINK ANYTHING THAT SNC MIGHT HAVE SAID TO  PRATT & WHITNEY WOULD HAVE MADE ANY DIFFERENCE HERE.

 

ON THE OTHER HAND, THE SLIGHTEST SUGGESTION ABOUT BLACKBALLING UNDER THESE  CIRCUMSTANCES MUST BE CONSIDERED A “BLACK MARK” FOR CANADA AND MORE  PARTICULARLY QUEBEC

 

27. On March 1st 1983, I went to my local Canada Employment Centre office at 5250 Ferrier to enquire about other work –outside engineering - as I thought the chances of finding anything in my field, after being out of work for 8 months, as negligible. They could not help me but directed me to the Canada Manpower office at 305 Dorchester West (see paragraph 2 above).

So I telephoned Canada Manpower at 305 Dorchester West explaining that I had been out of work for 8 months: they reiterated that they could not help me until I had been in Canada for 12 months but informed me of their other office at 1000 Guy Street - which dealt with people who had been in Canada for less than 12 months. Why they did not tell me back in July 1982, I do not know. June 3 1983 Report para. 36   HERE

 

SO WHY COULDN’T THEY GET THEIR FACTS STRAIGHT IN THE FIRST PLACE?

 

  The next day (March 2nd) I had a preliminary interview at 1000 Guy Street and they arranged an interview for me on March 28th with Mrs. M.F. Lahaye.  June 3 1983 Report para. 36   HERE

 

28. On Monday, March 21st, 1983, I went in to SNC's offices to see an old colleague - Mr. H. Millar - who had agreed to provide me with a reference, which he handed to me.  Exhibit (21).  Whilst we were talking, Mr. Schulz came by and asked me to leave saying he had been given instructions to this effect.  June 3 1983 Report para. 37   HERE

 

THE DOCUMENT JUST REFERRED TO WAS A HAND-WRITTEN LETTER WHICH WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE  ON THIS SITE LATER ON.

 

  EFFING STUPID. DON’T THESE PEOPLE THINK ABOUT THE DAMAGE SUCH BEHAVIOUR COULD DO TO CANADA’S REPUTATION AS A PLACE TO WORK AND LIVE? OBVIOUSLY NOT – THEY JUST THOUGHT THEY COULD DO AS THEY LIKED, WITH IMPUNITY, BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT NOBODY WOULD EVER FIND OUT WHAT THEY DID AND EXPOSE IT.

 

  I sent a stern rebuke to the President and Chief Executive Officer - Mr. Jean-Paul Gourdeau - as I assumed this instruction must have come from him, and sent copies to Mr. Schulz and other people.  Exhibit (22).

June 3 1983 Report para. 37   HERE

 

  THE DOCUMENT JUST REFERRED TO WAS A HAND-WRITTEN LETTER WHICH WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE  ON THIS SITE LATER ON.

 

 

30. On Monday, March 28th, I had an interview with Mrs. M.F. Lahaye at Canada Manpower's offices at 1000 Guy Street, Montreal.  After explaining my situation she suggested that I write to the Minister of Immigration and Labour - Mr. Lloyd Axworthy - and that I should also write to the M.P. for Côte St. Luc (where I lived at the time) - none other than the then-Prime Minister, the Right Honourable P.E. Trudeau. June 3 1983 Report para. 39   HERE

 

SUBSEQUENTLY, I DID WRITE TO  THE RIGHT HONOURABLE P.E. TRUDEAU, BUT GOT NOWHERE.

 

Correspondence involving former Prime Minister P.E. Trudeau (Dec. 1983 onwards) - CLICK HERE
 

 

Mrs. Lahaye also told me that Canada Manpower were prepared to give financial assistance to any employer willing to offer me a job, as compensation to the employer for any re-training etc. that I might need.

June 3 1983 Report para. 39   HERE

 

I COULD NEVER FIND ANY SUCH EMPLOYER.

 

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